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At the risk of reopening your heated debate, I think any form of shaolin kung fu trumps the others in terms of practical self-defense. If you want to break boards and bricks, shaolin isn't that helpful.
I took wing chun kung-fu and jeet kune do and loved it. Seemed to be more practical for self defense and JKD was a little bit of everything. Although the Thai boxers were also pretty formidable. Many people I studied with were UFC people and it all seemed to work for them. (I was never that brave.)
I think a lot of martial arts depends on whether you believe that every street fight ends up in a wrestling match. Certain martial arts are basically uselss on the ground.
Let the debate begin....
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